Piccoli: A fairy tale
Book Details
Author(s)Philippe Halsman
PublisherSimon and Schuster
ISBN / ASINB0007E8OB6
ISBN-13978B0007E8OB7
Sales Rank3,696,886
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Piccoli: a fairy tale, Philippe Halsman, (text); Paul Julian (illustations), New York, Simon & Schuster, 1953. 6.25" x 9.25", 8vo. Hardcover in illustrated DJ (original flap price of $3.00) over pictorial paper boards printed in brick red with multi-color decorative titles inside a yellow faux label. Endpapers design repeats the cityscape line drawing of the pictorial cover boards. 93 pp.
From the rear jacket: "HERE, unmistakably, is the kind of magic all of us remember from our childhood." Piccoli is the story of Piccoli Sogni ("Little Dreams"), a tiny girl who lives in a matchbox. A stranger gives her as a gift to a sad young boy and so begins the magic.
Phillippe Halsman, a celebrated photographer, wrote this tale for his daughters. He is best known for his popular 1959 book, Philippe Halsman's Jump Book, a collection of 200+ famous folk captured in the act of jumping. He worked with Salvador Dali on the 1954 book Dali's Moustache. Halsman was a member of the distinguished Magnum Photos group and in 1958 he was chosen as one of the world's 10 greatest photographers in an International poll. The stunning, surrealistic illustrations were created by Paul Julian, highly regarded by animation enthusiasts as one of the principal background artists for many of the most famous Warner Bros cartoons. He also gained some fame for his design and color work for the United Productions of America's 1954 production of The Tell-Tale Heart, based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story, now considered by many a cartoon masterpiece and the first ever to be X-rated. A very rare title, with an interesting mid-20th century backstory, that appeals to children and adults alike.
From the rear jacket: "HERE, unmistakably, is the kind of magic all of us remember from our childhood." Piccoli is the story of Piccoli Sogni ("Little Dreams"), a tiny girl who lives in a matchbox. A stranger gives her as a gift to a sad young boy and so begins the magic.
Phillippe Halsman, a celebrated photographer, wrote this tale for his daughters. He is best known for his popular 1959 book, Philippe Halsman's Jump Book, a collection of 200+ famous folk captured in the act of jumping. He worked with Salvador Dali on the 1954 book Dali's Moustache. Halsman was a member of the distinguished Magnum Photos group and in 1958 he was chosen as one of the world's 10 greatest photographers in an International poll. The stunning, surrealistic illustrations were created by Paul Julian, highly regarded by animation enthusiasts as one of the principal background artists for many of the most famous Warner Bros cartoons. He also gained some fame for his design and color work for the United Productions of America's 1954 production of The Tell-Tale Heart, based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story, now considered by many a cartoon masterpiece and the first ever to be X-rated. A very rare title, with an interesting mid-20th century backstory, that appeals to children and adults alike.
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